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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes southern Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.
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Examples
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Within Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (4): 379-383, 2006 a new species of catfish is described.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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They're termed Neotropical birds because they spend winters in Latin America and come to North America only to breed.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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3 Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America Throughout lowland Amazonia, arboreal ants collect seeds of specific plants and cultivate them in nutrient-rich nests, forming diverse yet obligate and species-specific symbioses called Neotropical ant-gardens (AGs).
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Officials said the UT property would continue to be used for teaching and research, including on issues related to timbering and ecology, such as Neotropical migratory birds.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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Sierra de Manantlán (Jalisco and Colima): transition of the Nearctic and Neotropical biological realms; cloud forest and wild perennial corn (Zea diploperennis).
Did you know? Mexico has over thirty UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves 2008
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Sierra de Manantlán (Jalisco and Colima): transition of the Nearctic and Neotropical biological realms; cloud forest and wild perennial corn (Zea diploperennis).
Did you know? Mexico has over thirty UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves 2008
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Seed dispersal in Palicourea rigida, a common treelet species from Neotropical savannas.
Frugivore Wikipedia 2009
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The Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Hotspot represents the crossroads of two major floristic and faunistic regions: the Neotropical and ancient Gondwanan provinces.
Argentina 2009
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Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Neotropical Realm (map).
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The Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Hotspot represents the crossroads of two major floristic and faunistic regions: the Neotropical and ancient Gondwanan provinces.
Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009
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